new media: where only the strong survive
Word of the day:
Any infectious disease that is able to be transmitted (by a vector) from other animals, both wild and domestic, to humans or from humans to animals (the latter is sometimes called reverse zoonosis).
The word is derived from the Greek words zoon (animal) (IPA: zo’on) and nosos (disease). Many serious diseases fall under this category.
In magazines it’s called copyediting. In software it’s called QA. It’s been a staple of assembly lines since they were invented.
Now it turns out your body does it too.
Quality Control Mechanism Tags Defective Sperm Cells Inside the Body
Sort of.
An outlet I wrote for back when I was a freelancer records someone reading their feature articles. Who knew?
A City’s Living Secrets (article)
This was a fun one to research - the Baltimore and Arizona ecosystem studies are the only large-scale studies of urban ecosystems in the U.S.
Since more and more of the world is built environment — in other words, where people live — these kinds of ecosystems are the new normal.
Fun facts:
* Lawn grass is the 2nd most-cultivated crop in the U.S., after corn
* The Baltimore Ecosystem Study includes the neighborhoods depicted in The Wire
actually, I’m kind of a geek
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I’ve always thought I was more of a Nerd than a Geek (science-focused vs. tech-focused…) but apparently there’s a lot of overlap. And occasionally something like packing for a trip brings it into focus.
Today Paul Krugman points out that the current fed chariman’s tepid announcement of his likely too little too late response to the mortgage lending disaster stops short of directly rebuking his predecessor, Alan Greenspan.
“Market discipline has in some cases broken down, and the incentives to follow prudent lending procedures have, at times, eroded.”
So why would Greenspan have refrained from regulating the mortgage industry when it was clear that it was out of control? Could it be an ideological zeal for unregulated markets born of early influences?
One of Rand’s most famous devotees is Alan Greenspan, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve
I don’t have time to explain. Just go check it out.
This is called Synergy, baby
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Just trying out Mars Edit here…
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3. San Antonio, Texas: 31.1%
Born and raised
13. (Tie) Baltimore: 25.8%
Fiance hails from
13. (Tie) New Orleans: 25.8%
Parents met there
16. Atlanta: 25.6%
Lived there for four years
18. (Tie) Austin, Texas: 24.9%
Entire family recently moved to
aside: Digg entries are now moving up the search engine rankings, often outranking the news stories to which they link…
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